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Leave Policies

Policies on paternity or maternity leave for the birth of a child or leave to care for a sick child are available (to greater or lesser degrees) at most institutions. The research, however, shows that these policies are underutilized, as employees perceive it may not be professionally prudent to use such policies. Campuses playing a leadership role in work-family issues report that employees use flextime and leave for dependent care moderately and rarely use job sharing or elder-care referral services. The dilemma that administrators need to address is how to create workplace cultures that support the utilization of leave policies.